Jammu Rajma Masala (Red Kidney Beans). Jammu rajma with step by step photos - a delicious curry made with dark red kidney beans in an onion-tomato-spice base. I had a few requests for rajma recipes both from Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. I always make the Punjabi version of Rajma recipe Or at times this one pot Rajma chawal.
authentic jammu rajma masala recipe is not just the delicacy of jammu but has become a national food.
In jammu, whatever you cook and eat throughout the week, but sunday's lunch is only reserved for Rajma - Chawal. (kidney beans with rice).
Rajma masala is a popular North Indian dish that is made very often in Punjabi households.
You can cook Jammu Rajma Masala (Red Kidney Beans) using 24 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Jammu Rajma Masala (Red Kidney Beans)
- You need 1-1/4 Cups of Rajma, soaked overnight in an adequate water.
- You need 5 Cups of Water, of that ½ cup to be added towards end.
- It's 2 Tablespoons of Cooking oil.
- It's 3 of Green Cardamom pods.
- Prepare 3 of Bay leaves.
- You need 2 of Cinnamon stick.
- It's 1/4 Teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
- It's 4 of Amla cut into pcs.
- It's 1 of Javitri.
- You need 2 of Star.
- You need 3 of Black Cardamom.
- Prepare 2 of Onions, Chopped and grinded to form a paste.
- Prepare 4 of Tomatoes, Chopped and made into a puree.
- It's 1-1/2 Tablespoons of Ginger-garlic paste.
- Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon of Cumin powder.
- It's 1/2 Teaspoon of coriander powder.
- It's 1/4 Teaspoon of Red Chilli powder, (Please add more if want spicy).
- It's 2 Teaspoons of Rajma Masala powder.
- Prepare of As per taste Salt,.
- Prepare of To Garnish.
- Prepare 1 Teaspoon of Kasuri Methi, crushed [Dried Fenugreek leaves].
- It's 2 Tablespoons of Coriander leaves (fresh), chopped.
- Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon of Garam Masala powder.
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon of Butter.
Boiled Red kidney beans are simmered in spicy onion-tomato gravy. In short, it is Indian style red kidney beans curry. It is best served with rice hence the name rajma chawal. This rajma recipe is a healthy dish.
Jammu Rajma Masala (Red Kidney Beans) step by step
- Take a bowl, Soak 1.¼ cups of Rajma (Kidney beans) in adequate water preferably overnight and morning we find them quite well swollen..
- In a bowl add the rajma, 4 ½ cups water and mix with turmeric, salt and cut pcs of Amla [to add taste of gravy]. Stir and cook on high flame for 10 mins, then set the gas to medium and cook for another 15 mins..
- While rajma are boiled, let's arrange all ingredients for faster and easier preparation later..
- Now grind onions and tomatoes separately to form paste and puree respectively..
- Rajma is done and can be checked when it is easily pressed between our fingers, Mash few Rajma beans so that also help later for gravy to be thicker at later stage. Sorry No pics :(.
- 2 Tablespoons of oil to be heated in a pan on medium flame and once the oil is hot we can add dry raw Indian masala viz. bay leaves, javetri, star, green cardamom, cinnamon stick and black cardamom. Mix and saute together for a minute or so..
- Add onions paste and cook for 3 mins till they turn pink and translucent..
- Include Ginger-garlic paste, cook the same for 4 mins till it's raw smell goes away..
- Once our ginger-garlic is done, we can now add the fresh tomato puree and mix it well and cover the pan with steel plate and let it cook for 10 mins on medium flame and stir once or twice in between so that it doesn't stick with surface..
- Post 10 mins, the tomatoes are done with no raw smell. Now we add dry powdered spices namely cumin powder, rajma masala coriander powder and red chilli powder including the salt and mix..
- Cook all the spices for 2 mins and then include cooked rajma and same curry we used to boil Rajma and mix it well with additional ½ cup boiling water..
- Cover the pan again and cook the rajma curry for 20 mins on medium to low heat..
- After 20 mins, curry will thicken, we can adjust the consistency of gravy to preference of dry or bit extra gravy. Heat and add 1 tablespoon of butter and saute for 2 mins till they turn light brown in colour, lastly add chopped fresh coriander leaves, kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves), garam masala and mix it nicely..
- Serve hot with butter rice :).
Kashmiri rajma / kashmiri rajma masala curry is a tasty side dish for rice made with kidney beans. It is a wonderful dish from Kashmir. There are two varieties of rajma available: one is the red. The Punjabi Rajma Masala also known as the North Indian Red Kidney Beans Curry is a very famous recipe from the North India. Rajma Masala popularly known as Rajma Chawal is considered as a comfort food in a Punjabi home.